• “The current way which organisations approach security can be recognised as an underlying market failure which consists of fire fighting security problems, silo'd implementation of technologies, uncontrolled application development practices and a failure to address systemic problems. Organisations tend to deal with one problem at a time that results in the deployment of point solutions to treat singular problems. This failure is typical of an uncontrolled marketplace evolving with little or no co-ordination.”

    The British Government’s Technology Strategy Board, 2008
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  • “Briefly and simply, assurance work makes a user or a creditor more confident that the system works as intended without flaws, without surprises, even in the presence of malice.” … “The major shortfall is absence of assurance or safety mechanisms in software.  If my car crashed as often as my computer does, I’d be dead by now.”

    Brian Snow, Former Technical Director of the US National Security Agency (NSA), "We need Assurance", AusCERT 2008

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  • "Security and dependability issues typically go along with the life cycle of a technology.  The trend to first deploy a technology and later fix its problems – typically driven by economic motives – is gradually making way for security by design, resulting in improved security at the beginning of the life cycle."

    SecurIST, “D3.3 – ICT Security & Dependability Research beyond 2010: Final Strategy”, January 2007
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Home Resources Hardware bibliography Quantum computers bibliography: Grover's Algorithm and Moore's Law (Aaronson) (2008)
bibliography: Grover's Algorithm and Moore's Law (Aaronson) (2008)
Authors: Scott Aaronson
Organisation: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
Date: 16 May 2008
Keywords: physical limits of computation, quantum computers, grover's algorithm
Electronic Publication: (Personal Correspondence with Benjamin Gittins)
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Benjamin Gittins: "What is the maximum cipher / hash function that can be attacked using Grover's algorithm with one quantum computer, with a cluster of quantum computers, taking into account Moore's law, in 50 to 100 years."

Scott Aaronson: "It's impossible to answer your question, because we don't yet have any analogue of Moore's Law for quantum computers.  A good rule of thumb is always to pick security parameters that are much, much larger than you think are necessary."
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